Sec. 3142. NOTIFICATION OF NUCLEAR CRITICALITY AND NON-NUCLEAR INCIDENTS

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## SEC. 3142 NOTIFICATION OF NUCLEAR CRITICALITY AND NON-NUCLEAR INCIDENTS ###

(a)Notification ####

(1)In general Subtitle C of title XLVI of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2731 et seq.), as amended by section 3161(a), is amended by adding at the end the following new section: > > ## “SEC. 4646 NOTIFICATION OF NUCLEAR CRITICALITY AND NON-NUCLEAR INCIDENTS > > **[**[50 U.S.C. 2736](/us/usc/t50/s2736)**]** > > > ### “(a) Notification > > The Secretary of Energy and the Administrator, as the case may be, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a notification of a nuclear criticality incident resulting from a covered program that results in an injury or fatality or results in the shutdown, or partial shutdown, of a covered facility by not later than 15 days after the date of such incident. > > > ### “(b) Elements of Notification > > Each notification submitted under subsection

(a)shall include the following: > > > #### “(1) > > A description of the incident, including the cause of the incident. > > > #### “(2) > > In the case of a criticality incident, whether the incident caused a facility, or part of a facility, to be shut down. > > > #### “(3) > > The effect, if any, on the mission of the Administration or the Office of Environmental Management of the Department of Energy. > > > #### “(4) > > Any corrective action taken in response to the incident. > > > ### “(c) Database > > > ####

(1)> > The Secretary shall maintain a record of incidents described in paragraph (2). > > > #### “(2) > > An incident described in this paragraph is any of the following incidents resulting from a covered program: > > > ##### “(A) > > A nuclear criticality incident that results in an injury or fatality or results in the shutdown, or partial shutdown, of a covered facility. > > > ##### “(B) > > A non-nuclear incident that results in serious bodily injury or fatality at a covered facility. > > > ### “(d) Cooperation > > In carrying out this section, the Secretary and the Administrator shall ensure that each management and operating contractor of a covered facility cooperates in a timely manner. > > > ### “(e) Definitions > > In this section: > > > #### “(1) > > The term ‘appropriate congressional committees’ means— > > > ##### “(A) > > the congressional defense committees; and > > > ##### “(B) > > the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. > > > #### “(2) > > The term ‘covered facility’ means— > > > ##### “(A) > > a facility of the nuclear security enterprise; and > > > ##### “(B) > > a facility conducting activities for the defense environmental cleanup program of the Office of Environmental Management of the Department of Energy. > > > #### “(3) > > The term ‘covered program’ means— > > > ##### “(A) > > programs of the Administration; and > > > ##### “(B) > > defense environmental cleanup programs of the Office of Environmental Management of the Department of Energy.” > . ####

(2)Clerical amendment The table of contents at the beginning of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 4645, as added by section 3161(b), the following new item:" “Sec. 4646. Notification of nuclear criticality and non-nuclear incidents.” ". ###

(b)Report ####

(1)In general Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator for Nuclear Security shall each submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report detailing any incidents described in paragraph

(2)that occurred during the 10-year period before the date of the report. ####

(2)Incidents described An incident described in this paragraph is any of the following incidents that occurred as a result of programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration or defense environmental cleanup programs of the Office of Environmental Management of the Department of Energy: #####

(A)A nuclear criticality incident that resulted in an injury or fatality or resulted in the shutdown, or partial shutdown, of a facility of the nuclear security enterprise or a facility conducting activities for such defense environmental cleanup programs. #####

(B)A non-nuclear incident that results in serious bodily injury or fatality at such a facility. ####

(3)Appropriate congressional committees defined In this subsection, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means— #####

(A)the congressional defense committees; and #####

(B)the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.

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50 USC 2731
50 USC 2736

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Sec. 3142

NOTIFICATION OF NUCLEAR CRITICALITY AND NON-NUCLEAR INCIDENTS

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